req.protocol
STRING, read-only.
Available inall subroutines.
Indicates whether the request uses SSL or not. Possible values are http and https.
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req.protocol is used in the following code examples. Examples apply VCL to real-world use cases and can be deployed as they are, or adapted for your own service. See the full list of code examples for more inspiration.
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Redirect insecure HTTP to TLS (SSL, HTTPS) in VCL
Redirect any requests that come into a VCL service on insecure HTTP, to the equivalent TLS endpoint (the Compute platform does this automatically).
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